Too Much of an Okay Thing

Prepare yourself. We have a new superhero whose greatest feat is leaping the hedges to get his Social Security check. That's right, SyFy found it necessary to give us the story of Superman's grandfather. The pilot is called Krypton and its a prequel to the Superman story by about 200 years.

Okay, I expect this will not be set in an elderly gated community near you, but let's be serious. We have gone from regular superheroes to the childhood version of superheroes (Gotham) to superhero battles with one another (Batman v Superman) to superhero grandparents. 

I am getting off this train and I hope the networks start thinking for themselves one of these days. Successful shows such as The 100, Mad Men, Justified, Fargo, Mr. Robot, and others illustrate the sky is the limit for the networks even when optioning the stories of others. We are somewhat infantilized by our need for men in underwear (and some women) to save us daily.

Time to grow up and change out of those Batman pajamas.